Published 24 February 2014 on The Feminist Wire By Jessica Horn Editors Note: We were scheduled to post a reflection by Jessica Horn later in this second week of our global forum celebrating Audre Lorde’s life and living legacy. However, TFW…

Does having a female president benefit ordinary women? As part of the BBC’s Africa Debate programme, Malawian feminist and women’s rights campaigner, Jessie Kabwila, discusses the significance of the “rise of African women” in leadership positions and whether this has…

“Violence against women causes trauma. It takes away women’s ability to make progress in their lives. It destroys families, breaks up marriages and increases the spread of HIV/AIDS.” Listening to her striking words, I felt the conviction that drives her…

In her honour let us continue to plant trees, plant seeds of life, plant good governance, plant love of each other Gukira has an excellent post honouring Wangari Maathai “Wangari’s Daughters” Over the past few years, it has been…

I have been asking myself why it is that people never want to take responsibility for their own actions especially when the consequences of their actions are negative. Why is it so much easier to find scapegoats and shift the…

We often forget about older lesbians many of whom have never been able to come out and even now find it much more difficult than younger sisters. So it is great that Free Gender, a group of young Queer sisters…

A belated post but I completely missed this. AWDF – has put together a list of 50 Inspirational African Feminists for International Women’s Day 2011. I am bowled over seeing my name amongst this amazing group of AFRICAN SHEROES –…

I’ve watched Beah Richards in many films and I remember reading somewhere about her poetry. But I never knew she was a feminist, wrote powerful political poetry speaking truth to power; was a playwright, a strong fiercely political, inspirationally powerful…

I want to share a write up by Koluki on London’s “Black History Month” which featured my friend, Chinwe Azubuike – one of the few people I seriously miss now I am away from London. Chinwe is also an occasional…

Thousands of words have been written about Haiti in the past 12 months covering everything from the NGOisation of the country, the politics of humanitarian aid, endless questions and discussion on what happened to the $ millions donated by individuals…

Today is the official Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day hosted by the National Women’s Law Center in celebration of the importance of girls in sports. The idea behind our Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day is simple:…

Migritude is published by Kaya Press. I have only read the introduction and listened to Shailja’s interview but from that I am convinced that this is a very important and exceptional piece of work. Shailja is interviewed on the Women’s…

I first heard Charissa Granger on a short video someone had posted on FaceBook. She was playing a soft haunting melody called Raindrops which was made even more interesting because she was playing the tune on the steel pan. The…

“Dont even try to mess with me- I may look like I am about to fall asleep but its just my look!” “Courting Justice ” is a film about the experiences of female [Black] judges in South Africa’s highest courts Courting Justice”…

Today is the anniversary of the death of Kimpa Vita who together with her baby (Kembo Dianzenza va Kintete) and her boyfriend, were burned to death on July 2nd 1706 by the Catholic church. I only just found out about Kimpa…